Alexei Panshin (August 14, 1940 – August 21, 2022) was an American writer and science fiction critic. He wrote several critical works and several novels, including the 1968 Nebula Award–winning novel Rite of PassageNicholls 1979, p. 447. and, with his wife Cory Panshin, the 1990 Hugo Award–winning study of science fiction The World Beyond the Hill.Reginald 1992, p. 744.
Personal life Panshin was born in Lansing, Michigan, on August 14, 1940. He died on August 21, 2022, at the age of 82.Alexei Panshin (1940–2022), by Mike Glyer, at File 770; published August 21, 2022; retrieved August 21, 2022
Career
Fiction Panshin was the author of the Anthony Villiers series made up of Star Well, The Thurb Revolution, and Masque World. A fourth volume, entitled The Universal Pantograph,Panshin 1969, p. 157. never appeared, reputedly because of conflicts between the writer and his publisher. Of the Villiers series, noted SF writer Samuel R. Delany writes in the foreword of Star Well:
New Celebrations, an omnibus volume collecting the first three volumes, has appeared.
Panshin wrote a novel, Earth Magic with his wife, Cory Panshin. His works also include a short story collection, Farewell To Yesterday's Tomorrow.
Nonfiction Panshin published a study of the prominent American science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, Heinlein in Dimension.
Most of this work was originally published in fanzines, for which Panshin won the Best Fan Writer Hugo award in 1967. The writings were then published in book form by Advent. Panshin discusses reactions to this work on his website The Abyss of Wonder.
Panshin's general critical work SF in Dimension (1976) was also co-written with Cory Panshin, as was his lengthy theoretical-critical The World Beyond The Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence (1989), which received a Hugo Award for Best Related Work. A number of Alexei Panshin's books (including The World Beyond the Hill) are being republished by Phoenix Pick, an imprint of Arc Manor Publishers.
Published work
Fiction
Novels
Short fiction collections
Nonfiction
References Citations
Bibliography
External links
Complete text of Heinlein In Dimension
Bibliography at Fantastic fiction
Review of Rite of Passage Review of the Villiers books, by Jed Hartman